You are going to hate this !
Sitting here in the Great White Northland where we live in Maple Trees, I am becoming just a little disconcerted at the direction our Dear Leader – Stephen Harper- is leading us.
This week we have an international AIDS conference in town featuring Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, Richard Gere and a host of others. Is our PM there? Nope. Our Dear Leader decides being above the Arctic Circle to show the world we do indeed own that god forsaken land and looking stupid in a camouflage parka – even stupider than Dukakis in a tank- is more important than a tragedy on a global scale. I just hate that attitude.
The upshot is the international delegates to this Conference are starting to claim our country is populated with uncaring bozo's. I hate that reaction.
Then we discover his pet weasel- our Beloved Health Minister- kills a major funding announcement to the conference about 15 minutes before the announcement is scheduled. Then, as it turns out, the feds, who shed real fake tears over the AIDS epidemic ,two years ago made the Canadian drug laws easier so AIDS drugs can get to Africa with no red tape and guess what… not one pill has made it across the Atlantic in two years. Don't you just hate that sort of thing?
Mind you, this all fits in with our Dear Leader’s decision not to show up at the Gay Games. It could just be that he hates gays.
Obviously hate is running rampant up here.
Which is OK by me. It is just going to take a bit of getting used to.
As a Catholic I can now hate the Anglicans and it is OK for my Anglican neighbor to hate me. The Presbyterian who lives next door to the Anglican can hate him and me. Being a lapsed Catholic, it is fine for me to hate practicing Catholics and for the Devout Catholic a couple of doors up to hate me and his Anglican and Presbyterian neighbours.
As a white guy its is perfectly fine up here for me to hate yellow people, black people, people with freckles, people with blonde hair, people that wear pink plaid shorts with silken white knee socks and Birkenstock sandals and any one else who is not like me and who exhibits a tendency to weaken the gene pool.
Do you see how liberating this is? I don’t have to hate people, I can choose who to hate. The neat thing is it is a two-way street and the trick is making sure you aren’t going in the opposite direction on the street because people just hate that.
As a middle aged white guy it is perfectly fine for me to hate those baby boomers who are so into themselves they have the time to hate themselves. My attitude? Screw ‘em .
As a heterosexual male I can hate anybody who doesn’t have the "hetero" prefix in front of their sexual orientation. In fact I can hate people that have more sex than me or people that have less sex.
As the owner of a small dog, I can now tell the world I hate owners of big dogs. I hate alcoholics. I hate those who have taken "The Pledge". I hate people that add water to their Scotch and people that drink cheap Scotch.
I love the outdoors and it is perfectly acceptable for me to hate the guys who roll up to the campsite in million dollar RV’s that are bigger than the SUV I drove to get there.
This is why I am somewhat disconcerted because this freedom granted by our Dear Leader poses some interesting moral dilemmas.
Let’s say I am walking down the street and some white Anglican, metrosexual, driving an RV and wearing plaid shorts, silk knee socks and Birkenstock sandals runs me down. In the back of the RV is a big dog knocked silly by a case of bottled water and the bottle of cheap Scotch in the RV. The guy that hit me was on his way to take "The Pledge". Do I look on the positive side- white person, big dog knocked senseless- or hate the individual’s plaid shorts? It’s a tough one.
I can’t be wishy-washy about that decision because I just hate people that can’t make a decision. I could do, as the Devout Catholic up the street does, and just turn the other cheek but I hate people who don’t take a stand. I could take a swing at the Anglican that hit me but I hate bullies.
Maybe the guy that shot the Pope and Nixon actually had it right. What we need is a real , honest to God - non Christians will hate me for using that one- Enemies List- which the "Big L" liberals just hate- or at least a government-approved Enemies List form- something the NDP will just hate- that we can use to create an Enemies List.
When I get hit by the RV all I have to do is to pull out my list and see which groups and organizations I have checked off. Then the Anglican and I will compare our lists to determine the Anglican’s reason for hitting me and what I should hate about that reason.
A typically Canadian response to the moral dilemmas of our time.
Maybe our Dear Leader could publish his list. Mind you he wouldn’t release it to the press. They are on his list. Like I said, freedom to hate presents everyone from the top on down with a slew of unique moral dilemmas.
Don’t you just hate that?
This week we have an international AIDS conference in town featuring Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, Richard Gere and a host of others. Is our PM there? Nope. Our Dear Leader decides being above the Arctic Circle to show the world we do indeed own that god forsaken land and looking stupid in a camouflage parka – even stupider than Dukakis in a tank- is more important than a tragedy on a global scale. I just hate that attitude.
The upshot is the international delegates to this Conference are starting to claim our country is populated with uncaring bozo's. I hate that reaction.
Then we discover his pet weasel- our Beloved Health Minister- kills a major funding announcement to the conference about 15 minutes before the announcement is scheduled. Then, as it turns out, the feds, who shed real fake tears over the AIDS epidemic ,two years ago made the Canadian drug laws easier so AIDS drugs can get to Africa with no red tape and guess what… not one pill has made it across the Atlantic in two years. Don't you just hate that sort of thing?
Mind you, this all fits in with our Dear Leader’s decision not to show up at the Gay Games. It could just be that he hates gays.
Obviously hate is running rampant up here.
Which is OK by me. It is just going to take a bit of getting used to.
As a Catholic I can now hate the Anglicans and it is OK for my Anglican neighbor to hate me. The Presbyterian who lives next door to the Anglican can hate him and me. Being a lapsed Catholic, it is fine for me to hate practicing Catholics and for the Devout Catholic a couple of doors up to hate me and his Anglican and Presbyterian neighbours.
As a white guy its is perfectly fine up here for me to hate yellow people, black people, people with freckles, people with blonde hair, people that wear pink plaid shorts with silken white knee socks and Birkenstock sandals and any one else who is not like me and who exhibits a tendency to weaken the gene pool.
Do you see how liberating this is? I don’t have to hate people, I can choose who to hate. The neat thing is it is a two-way street and the trick is making sure you aren’t going in the opposite direction on the street because people just hate that.
As a middle aged white guy it is perfectly fine for me to hate those baby boomers who are so into themselves they have the time to hate themselves. My attitude? Screw ‘em .
As a heterosexual male I can hate anybody who doesn’t have the "hetero" prefix in front of their sexual orientation. In fact I can hate people that have more sex than me or people that have less sex.
As the owner of a small dog, I can now tell the world I hate owners of big dogs. I hate alcoholics. I hate those who have taken "The Pledge". I hate people that add water to their Scotch and people that drink cheap Scotch.
I love the outdoors and it is perfectly acceptable for me to hate the guys who roll up to the campsite in million dollar RV’s that are bigger than the SUV I drove to get there.
This is why I am somewhat disconcerted because this freedom granted by our Dear Leader poses some interesting moral dilemmas.
Let’s say I am walking down the street and some white Anglican, metrosexual, driving an RV and wearing plaid shorts, silk knee socks and Birkenstock sandals runs me down. In the back of the RV is a big dog knocked silly by a case of bottled water and the bottle of cheap Scotch in the RV. The guy that hit me was on his way to take "The Pledge". Do I look on the positive side- white person, big dog knocked senseless- or hate the individual’s plaid shorts? It’s a tough one.
I can’t be wishy-washy about that decision because I just hate people that can’t make a decision. I could do, as the Devout Catholic up the street does, and just turn the other cheek but I hate people who don’t take a stand. I could take a swing at the Anglican that hit me but I hate bullies.
Maybe the guy that shot the Pope and Nixon actually had it right. What we need is a real , honest to God - non Christians will hate me for using that one- Enemies List- which the "Big L" liberals just hate- or at least a government-approved Enemies List form- something the NDP will just hate- that we can use to create an Enemies List.
When I get hit by the RV all I have to do is to pull out my list and see which groups and organizations I have checked off. Then the Anglican and I will compare our lists to determine the Anglican’s reason for hitting me and what I should hate about that reason.
A typically Canadian response to the moral dilemmas of our time.
Maybe our Dear Leader could publish his list. Mind you he wouldn’t release it to the press. They are on his list. Like I said, freedom to hate presents everyone from the top on down with a slew of unique moral dilemmas.
Don’t you just hate that?
posted by Tom Green at 12:21 PM
4 Comments:
You sound like an NDPER, congratulations,( I know you hate them-I’m just teasing you).
Hate is actually a very strong word. Perhaps not the right one to
describe the current social and political situation in Ottawa.
Mr. Harper is an honest politician. Within the past a few years,
he reputedly talked about his policies and agendas. He made it
clear for the public that his party is not in favor of gay marriage,
is against immigration, intends to reduce funding for the Health Care
System, believes in harsh punishment for criminals (those teenagers
who smoke.... for fun are also called criminals in his opinion).
Mr. Harper is the man of god. He follows the Pope’s orders which
most of them don’t work for our modern age. Pope believes that
the only way to eliminate/reduce AIDS is to prevent people from having sex (unless you are married), which really doesn’t work in practice. He is against using
condoms and other modern methods that would help reduce the risk of getting infected. Mr. Harper follows his leader’s path. He’s no Bill Clinton or Bill Gates,will liberal/brilliant ideas. Clinton sees the reality and Bill Gates is practical.
See the difference. I’d be surprised if Mr. Harper had participated in this event!!
Tolerance is what all modern societies need.
If there is no tolerance it’d be ok for a guy from the Middle-East to blow up myself in a Jewish festival. If there’s no tolerance it’s ok for Islamic fundamentalists to have an Atomic bomb and nuke Telaviv (just because they simply hate zionists).
Tolerance guarantees peace and that's what the world in the 21 first century needs. (but it doesn’t
mean we don’t have to fight against terrorism, extremism..etc)
A true democracy can’t live without Liberalism/Tolerance/Rule of Law/Human Rights
values + Secularism). A lot of countries in the world such Syria, China and even
Cuba call themselves democratic states. In fact to a certain degree they are correct.
They have elections, people have representatives, etc. But that’s not a true democracy.
Because this democracy in Syria wants to destroy a nation called Israel, this democracy
in Cuba, has no respect for its own citizens. This democracy in China limits the freedom of speech/religion, etc.
Mr., Harper believes in a democracy without Liberalism/Secularism and Tolerance!!
Can’t really blame him. In this type of democracy you do have a right not to hire
the people of color, not to have respect for those who speak English with an accent.
to hate your neighbor because he goes to a different Church, to hate fat, ugly, mentally restarted, gays/lesbians/transsexuals, Jws, Muslims, communists, …..etc.
It’s not really Mr. Harper’s fault. It’s the fault of a nation who voted for him and
sent him to the office. You should blame the ordinary people!
All extremists have a black list with lots of names on it. It’s normal.
All right wingers have it. To them the word tolerance has no meaning,
They can’t stand those who are against them. It’s the nature of extremism.
It’s the duty of a modern nation that has respect for Liberalism, Social Justice,
Human Rights to replace Mr. Harper with a party that has respect for those values.
You still have time to correct your mistakes, before it’s too late and then you won’t
have to hate anyone.
http://www.marcuse.org/herbert/pubs/60spubs/65repressivetolerance.htm
Repressive Tolerance from Herbert Marcuse
Marcuse’s Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Marcuse
"I don’t have to hate people, I can choose who to hate."
One of the best quotes i've ever read
Are you trying to sell scripts to Denny Miller???
I'm dying laughing. Found your comments about how the world was going to end, gnashing of teeth and every one was going to hate each other.All over Harper's election. What a freaking blast!!
You are why my husband and I left Toronto, you bloody freaks!!!
How's it going eh in Toronto now? Under McGuinty eh? Oh and the man with the best hair on the planet and the plan to make sure the "BRIDGE" never went to anywhere!! Hey, but he's got cool hair eh?
Love my life and laughing my butt off at ya darlin and having the best of times in a place called Manitoba. Yeah, Manitoba run by sane politicians albeit NDP but far saner than Ontario these days.
Why? Because the voters here expect results.
Oh, and has Miller fixed that little gang/gun/problem yet?
Man, rant on little liberal. Rant on, thats all you do.
From a conservative,
living really happily in a NDP world cause they at least do something in Manitoba instead of bitch about it on the net
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